[xsd-users] use of auto_ptr

[Guy Kroizman]

why is it impossible to write exception-safe code using naked pointers?
As you suggested before, I could keep the naked pointer as a member in a
class the will destroy it in the destructor.
that is exception-safe. right?

On 4/4/07, Boris Kolpackov <boris at codesynthesis.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Guy,
>
> Guy Kroizman <kroiz at hyperroll.com> writes:
>
> I've CC'ed xsd-users to my reply. Please do the same in your future
> posts.
>
> > I would prefer to get a naked pointer and deciding my self how to
> > handle it.
>
> If we always returned naked pointers then it would be impossible to
> write exception-safe code using XSD. Because it is a common consensus
> that exception-safe code is a good thing, we cannot make this change
> just to satisfy a minority that does not care about exception safety.
>
> After all, it is just an extra call to release() to get rid of auto_ptr:
>
> foo_t* f = foo ("foo.xml").release ();
>
>
> [The rest of the original post follows for context.]
>
> > but I also understand the design consideration that since I did not
> > do "new" I could forget to delete it.
> > and by using auto_ptr I am receiving explicit ownership.
> > anyway thanks for the explanation.
>
>
> hth,
> -boris
>
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